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FaceTime with the Content Guy:  An Apple A Day

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Apple picking at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 29th Street in Manhattan?  Not what I expected to find on a recent stroll down the avenue, but an organization called Farmlink managed to surprise and delight me, while offering a lesson in how to bring a little pizzazz to a fairly staid category.

Note:  Due to persistent technical issues, FaceTime is not embedded into MNB, but if you click on the picture above, you’ll be taken to the YouTube page on which it resides.  Sorry for the inconvenience;  my friends at Webstop and I are working to resolve the problem.

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